Venus Williams through despite shaky display

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Venus Williams insisted her bid for a first Australian Open title was still firmly on track despite a shaky second-round win against Frenchwoman Camille Pin.

The six-time grand slam champion, whose only appearance in a final of the Australian Open was in 2003 when she lost to sister Serena, had her serve broken an amazing six times by the 90th-ranked Pin yet still prevailed 7-5 6-4.

Fourth seed Ana Ivanovic swept into the Australian Open third round with a crushing 6-0, 6-3 win over Italy’s Tathiana Garbin.

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